It Started As a Joke
Mar 10, 2019 | IMDB 4.8
76 min Watch NowDocumentary, Comedy
This documentary chronicles the decade-long run of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival – including a final farewell show. The film celebrates Eugene’s unique brand of humor and his role in the alternative comedy movement, offers a bittersweet goodbye to an era, and reminds us of the healing properties of comedy – even in the most challenging of life’s circumstances.
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IMDB 4.2 | Jan , 1989
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IMDB 7 | Oct , 1993
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IMDB 7.8 | Jan , 1983
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IMDB 7.9 | Aug , 2004
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IMDB 7.6 | Feb , 1997
George Carlin celebrates 40 years of comedy and here, he presents 2 new standup bits, comedian Jon Stewart gives an interview with him, and we look at his old comedy work through the last 4 decades.George Carlin: Back in Town
IMDB 7.7 | Mar , 1996
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IMDB 7.5 | Jan , 1996
George's Best Stuff is a compilation of Carlin's legendary routines, including "A Place For My Stuff," "Dogs and Cats," Vitamins," "Baseball and Football," "Losing Things," "Al Sleet the Hippie-Dippie Weather Man," the notorious "Seven Words You Can't Say on Television," and many more. A great collection of some of the best standup comedy ever performed.George Carlin: Personal Favorites
IMDB 7.5 | Feb , 1997
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IMDB 7.2 | Jun , 1988
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IMDB 7.7 | Feb , 1999
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IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2006
Comedian Katt Williams (aka Money Mike) showcases his laugh out loud comedic talents in his first ever HBO stand-up comedy DVD taped in front of a live audience. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Williams worked his way up the comedy club ladder before landing key television and film roles that displayed his flashy, sassy, streetwise style.Lisa Lampanelli: Long Live The Queen
IMDB 5.5 | Jan , 2009
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 1993
Dennis Miller has the brains to make great stand-up (even though most think he is a talk show host) and this proves this. In fact, this was filmed right before Miller got Miller Live. Funny stuff as he talks about the new president, his kid, and other random rants. Not his definite best, but he isn't terrible. Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong, and the balcony is now closed.Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks
IMDB 6.3 | Jun , 2003
A biographical documentary on the late great comedian Bill Hicks and his career; in particular the censorship by Letterman that scarred it.Paul Mooney: Analyzing White America
IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 2002
A 2002 stand-up comedy special starring comedian Paul Mooney, with Joe Inscoe, Bridget Gethis, and Kate Fleckenstein featured in sitcom-like cut scenes between Mooney's regular stand-up routine. Among the topics covered are the September 11 terrorist attacks, the "N" word, interracial marriage, Jerry Springer, and white people obsessed with wild animals to the point of being in danger or being killed.Jim Norton: Monster Rain
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2007
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 2019
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IMDB 7.5 | May , 2009
Det är roligt att ge upp och erkänna att det var bättre förr. Henrik Schyffert tycker det i alla fall. Mobbaren från Killinggänget har nämligen fått grånande tinningar och börjat fundera över sin generations historia. Varför blev saker och ting som de blev? Henrik Schyffert har kommit för att ge oss perspektiv. I en ömsint men rolig monolog står han upp för sig själv och sin mission att reclaima the 90's!Gırgıriye
IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 1981
A bear-leading gypsy from the slums struggles to get back his sweetheart who works for a pavilion runner in the city, until she feels a wistful longing for where she thinks she is belong to and turns recalcitrant against the pavilion runner.